Camp Graham from Frank Leslie's Illustrated. Black; cream. Paper. This original double page centerfold engraving is titled, "Scenes, Sports and Incidents In Camp Graham, Near Washington D.C., Headquarters of The Twenty-Third Pennsylvania Regiment, On The Occasion Of The Presentation Of Regimental Colors, By The State of Pennsylvania, Saturday, December 14." It shows a series of scenes including races, a barbeque, and the presentation of the American flag. , Civil War « Less

From Jerusalem, ancient rare style Canaanite Early Bronze Age pottery jar with two folded ledge handles on the side, flat base and a funnel shaped neck
Dated from, 3100 - More »

From Jerusalem, ancient rare style Canaanite Early Bronze Age pottery jar with two folded ledge handles on the side, flat base and a funnel shaped neck
Dated from, 3100 - 2000 BC
Measurements: Height: 28 cm - Diameter: 31 cm
Condition: Minor hole on one side as shown in the pictures otherwise intact
Found in Jericho
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Silver Denarius of Caracalla Struck While Caesar - C.7250Origin: MediterraneanCirca: 196 AD to 198 ADCollection: NumismaticStyle: RomanMedium: Silver.Caracalla was born April More »

Silver Denarius of Caracalla Struck While Caesar - C.7250Origin: MediterraneanCirca: 196 AD to 198 ADCollection: NumismaticStyle: RomanMedium: Silver.Caracalla was born April 4,188 in Lyon, where his father, Septimius Severus, was serving as governor of the province of Gallia Lugdunensis under Emperor Commodus. His name was changed from Lucius Septimius Bassianus to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus at the age of seven. The name change was a way of connecting the family of Severus to that of the Antonines. The nickname Caracalla was taken from the name of a type of cloak popularized by the emperor, but this nickname, originally derisive, was never used officially. From the time of his name change to Antoninus, Caracalla was the designated heir of Severus. Less than three years later he was proclaimed emperor, officially joining his father as co-rulers of the empire. At the age of 14, he was married to the daughter of the praetorian prefect Plautianus, but the teenager despised his wife. The marriage ended less than three years later and there were no children. Upon his father’s death in 211, Caracalla ruled the empire jointly with his brother, Geta, until he was murdered later the same year, leaving Caracalla in sole control at the age of 23. The year 212 saw a flurry of administrative reforms under the young emperor's leadership. Soldiers received increases in pay and in legal rights, but the most noteworthy change was the bestowal of Roman citizenship upon all free residents of the empire. Construction was also well underway on the magnificent baths in Rome that would bear the emperor's name. In 217, Caracalla was assassinated on the road back from his military campaigns against the Partians in the east. Although Caracalla remains a rather dubious figure, historians often overlook the energetic, reformist and even intellectual character of Caracalla's reign. The changes brought about in the little more than five years of Caracalla's sole rule would have long-lasting implications throughout the empire for generations to come. « Less

Origin: Jerusalem
Circa: 118 AD to 137 AD
Collection: Roman Coin Rings
Style: 18 Karat Gold Ring
Hadrian spent much of his reign traveling about the Roman Empire and checking into the well - being of the cities, towns, provinces, and ordinary citizens over whom he ruled. He was always interested in civic improvements, and would often have a new bridge, road, aqueduct, or temple built when he thought that the local citizens would benefit by such new construction. The reign of Hadrian at the height of the PAX ROMANA period was a time of great peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire. He continued the public works building projects that his adoptive father Trajan began and strengthened the defenses on the borders of the empire. Because of attacks on Roman citizens living in southern Britain, he built Hadrian's Wall across a narrow part of the island. Hadrian was an educated emperor and a patron of the arts. He spent most of his reign visiting the different provinces of the empire and personally overseeing the improvements and public works carried out under his orders. Like Trajan and Nerva before him, he adopted a grown man in order to make him heir to the throne. When his first adopted son Aelius Caesar died of illness, Hadrian adopted another, Antoninus Pius, who would succeed him when Hadrian died in his bed after a long illness. How many hands have touched a coin in your pocket or purse? What eras and lands have the coin traversed on its journey into our possession? As we reach into our pockets to pull out some change, we rarely hesitate to think of who might have touched the coin before us, or where the coin will venture to after it leaves our hands. More than money, coins are a symbol of the state that struck them, of a specific time and location, whether contemporary currencies or artifacts of a long forgotten empire. This stunning hand-struck coin reveals an expertise of craftsmanship and intricate sculptural detail that is often lacking in contemporary machine- made currencies. While the legend of Hadrian will live on in the ruins his monumental constructions, perhaps his memory is no better preserved than in coins such as this: intimate memorials passed from the hands of civilization to civilization, from generation to generation that appear as vibrant today as the day they were struck. - (FJ.6740A) « Less